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New York Times, Thursday, June 9, 1966

55-Down : Picture.

Author:
Unknown
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 78, Blocks: 39, Avg Word Len: 4.77, Missing: { J Q Y }, Scrabble score: 324 (avg 1.74)
Open Squares: 56, Cheaters: 4, FITB: 3, XRef: 2, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 4
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© 1966, The New York TimesNo. 6,144
Across
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Ivan or Alexis. : CZAR
5
Pastel color. : FLESH
10
Ardent fan: Colloq. : BUFF
14
The moon personified. : LUNA
15
Accessory for a vaquero. : REATA
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United: Fr. : UNIE
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Tips. : ENDS
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Long cliff. : ESCARPMENT
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Flop. : FIASCO
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Pleasant exercise. : HIKE
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Contend. : VIE
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1936 candidate. : LANDON
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Ovine animal. : EWE
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Verily. : AMEN
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Infallible. : UNERRING
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Adjective suffix. : OSE
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Agree. : ACCEDE
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Normandy locale. : STLO
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See 20 Across. : FIZZLE
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Recipe measurement. : CUPFUL
42
Disconcert: Colloq. : FAZE
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Deprive (of). : DIVEST
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Indian. : UTE
48
Eric or Leif. : NORSEMAN
50
Haarlem painter. : HALS
52
Extremely. : TOO
53
Present, as a claim. : PREFER
55
Number on a clock. : III
57
Throat-clearing sound. : AHEM
59
Silver: Poet. : ARGENT
63
Deny. : CONTRADICT
66
Iris plant. : IXIA
67
German name. : OTTO
68
Change of ___. : VENUE
69
Meadow mouse. : VOLE
70
Famous cartoonist. : NAST
71
Kefauver. : ESTES
72
Prize-winning biographer. : EDEL
Down
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Musical sign. : CLEF
2
Pueblo Indian. : ZUNI
3
Time ___ half. : ANDA
4
Engage in a certain sport: Dial. : RASSLE
5
Refrigerant. : FREON
6
"___ Miserables." : LES
7
Every person. : EACHONE
8
Like some glass. : STAINED
9
Listen! : HARK
10
Dodger, at one time. : BUM
11
Calm. : UNEVENTFUL
12
Ended: Fr. : FINI
13
Garden party, perhaps. : FETE
19
Equal. : PEER
21
Kiel, for one. : CANAL
25
French title. : DUC
27
Shred. : WISP
28
Oriental. : ASIAN
29
Certain engravings. : MEZZOTINTS
31
LP's. : RECS
32
Floods (the market). : GLUTS
33
Gone away. : OFF
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Assign. : CEDE
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Iberian cheer. : OLE
39
Cold number. : ZERO
41
Arthur's father. : UTHER
44
Gets in the way of. : IMPEDES
45
Critter. : VARMINT
46
Hydrocarbon suffix. : ENE
49
Rise high. : SOAR
51
Greek. : ARGIVE
54
Clotho et al. : FATES
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Picture. : ICON
56
Letter for 51 Down. : IOTA
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Acquire. : HAVE
60
O. T. Book: Abbr. : EXOD
61
Karnak's river. : NILE
62
Chinese weight. : TAEL
64
Add (up): Colloq. : TOT
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Signal to begin. : CUE

Answer summary:
4 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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